Jack Miller

Keeping lavender purple starts with understanding why it fades in the first place.   Lavender plants turn from vivid purple to a washed-out gray when they’re stressed, and the fix usually comes down to light, soil, water, and timing.   If you’ve been asking how to keep lavender purple, the answer is simpler than you … Read more

You can keep lavender in a pot successfully as long as you mimic the dry, sunny, well-drained conditions it loves in the wild.   Lavender grows beautifully in containers when you get the basics right, and it actually thrives in pots because you can control the soil, drainage, and sun exposure far better than you … Read more

Keeping lavender from spreading comes down to understanding how it grows and then controlling the two main ways it gets around: seed drop and stem layering.   Lavender doesn’t send out invasive underground runners the way mint or bamboo does, so keeping lavender from spreading is actually easier than most gardeners fear.   The real … Read more

To keep lavender from falling over, you need to understand why it flops in the first place and then give it the right growing conditions, pruning, and support to stand tall.   Lavender is a woody, Mediterranean herb that naturally wants to grow into a bushy, upright mound.   But when it doesn’t get enough … Read more

To keep lavender fresh after cutting, you need to act quickly and give the stems what they need most—water, light, and a little TLC.   When you cut lavender and leave it sitting around, it loses moisture fast and starts to wilt or turn brown.   But if you follow a few simple steps, you … Read more